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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Little White Donkey Distillery

I mentioned quite a
while ago that we were in the midst of a citrus glut, and that the
price of labour meant that it was not cost effective for Auntie Maroulla and Cousin Despo to pick their mandora crop. I'm less sure
that I mentioned that Best Beloved has acquired an interest in
distilling, and to that end, after extensive research into local and
foreign options, ordered a stainless steel still from China. Marry
the two threads: surplus citrus and a brand new still, and... Hey
Presto! Little White Donkey Distillery is born.

BB and Leo went fruit
picking this morning, then we cut the mandoras and put them into
stainless steel tanks to begin fermentation.

Watch this space for
updates... Never a dull moment! Anyone remember this scene from The Great Escape?